FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Senator Chuck Schumer at a ceremony for the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, New York, U.S., September 11, 2020. Amr Alfiky/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is poised to get a Democratic Congress after his party's stunning success in Georgia, but his expansive legislative agenda on issues such as healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride.
Raphael Warnock's win of one of the state's U.S. Senate seats and Jon Ossoff's lead in the race for the other in Tuesday's runoff elections looked likely to give Democrats control of both chambers in Congress and the White House, although a winner had yet to be projected in Ossoff's contest.
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